This message was sent to us by a friend in our home town who is working to make elimination of the Electoral College a League of Women Voters action focus in 2018. To any/all of our supporters who are members of the League of Women Voters, help spread the word–...

Frequently Asked Questions: “Wasn’t the Electoral College created to prevent ‘mob rule?'” ”Wasn’t the Electoral College created to protect smaller states from larger states?” ANSWER: No … That’s NOT correct. The Electoral College was not...

The idea that the Electoral College somehow protects the interests of the smaller more rural states as compared to the bigger more urban states may (or may not) have been true in 1776, but it was definitely a myth which was no longer true by the mid-20th century. What...

The movement to eliminate the Electoral College must continue. One way to do this is to highlight those who have been/are advocates for this change. The League of Women Voters (LWV) has had the platform policy for the election of the President and Vice-President by...